Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Sepia Saturday 113 : 18 February 2012

Our theme this week was suggested by SHARON from the SAVE THE PHOTOS Blog, In fact she gave us a whole raft of possible themes - movie/screen/actors/film-stars/film production - all of which revolve around the common element of FILM. And to illustrate the call I have chosen a 1912 picture of that great English actor, Claude Rains, whose career extended to both the theatre and the cinema. I remember him well in what must be my favourite film of all time, Casablance, where he took the part of Captain Louis Renault. Most collectors of old photographs will have a sprinkling of film-stars among their collection and therefore this will be an easy theme for them. For those without film stars cluttering up their archives, there is always men pointing, men sat on chairs or monocles as potential themes. Whatever the choice - theme or no theme - just post your posts on or around Saturday 18th February 2012, add your name to the Linky List and leave us a comment.

The Facebook Group is up and running now and the Flickr Group is small but perfectly formed. I understand that some of you who use Wordpress are having problems commenting on Blogger posts. I am not sure what the situation is with this, but if we have any experts on the problem perhaps they could advise us the best way to work around any problem that may still exist.

But let us leave all our problems and cares behind us, follow the lady with the torch, take our seats and enjoy the film.

I mistakenly posted last weeks post about "books" on this week. Now it's in both places. I hope no one has to read it twice. Especially since it's a re-post of one from 2010. Some of you may have to read it for the third time. Is there a way to erase your name from Mr. Linky?Barbara

My problem was which way to leap with this, but I settled on a bit of good old nostalgia and romance. You couldn’t really call Claude Rains a heartthrob in the matinee idol sense - but these two are :) BTW I wrote this on my ipad flying home from UK at 6.30 a.m - it has to be the earliest time in the morning that I’ve written a SS post.

I have to say I agree with Postcardy about the new word verifications - very off-putting.

Another great theme! I started my post intending to just post a picture and ended up on another research project. Don't know why I have to do that to myself but I can't seem to help myself. Can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with this week!

No I'd never seen him early on his career either, wonderfully urbane in Casablanca. The posting comments question, I remember that there was some problem doing this on blogger if the comments page appears below the post, if it opens in another window then it is OK. I shall now attempt to interpret the Rosetta stone script in the word verification, I can see this is going to take a few attempts:-)

Finally in, not as a themer, but I have a full menu for you: an amusement park, some sperm (not what you're thinking...), and a music icon from Quebec. Someone provided me with some pictures at the last minute for my already written post... The thing you gotta do!!

I have tried to comment on so many of these great posts but there is a definite problem between Wordpress & Blogger - just wanted to tell everyone that if I didn't comment on your posts this is why! If there is a "name/url" feature I can comment but not with open ID. Sigh, no one seems to know how to fix it on the WP side.

Sepia Saturday

Launched by Alan Burnett and Kat Mortensen in 2009, Sepia Saturday provides bloggers with an opportunity to share their history through the medium of photographs. Historical photographs of any age or kind (they don't have to be sepia) become the launchpad for explorations of family history, local history and social history in fact or fiction, poetry or prose, words or further images. If you want to play along, all we ask is that your sign up to the weekly Linky List, that you try to visit as many of the other participants as possible, and that you have fun.